Competitive Intelligence (CI) is acting information oriented. CI requires obtaining information for the purpose of business, current and proactively. CI, therefore assumes a strategic role in terms of businesses. This study, it is intended to emphasize the conceptual aspects of CI and CI uploads to explain strategic sense. In this context, it is focused on CI emergence, conceptual aspect, scope and process. As a result of study, has emerged the need for increasing both academic studies as well as applications about CI

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